What are false statements about heritability?

False statements about heritability include the idea that it measures the extent to which a trait is genetically determined; in reality, heritability estimates the proportion of variation in a trait within a population that can be attributed to genetic differences. Another misconception is that heritability applies to individuals rather than populations; it is a population-level statistic and does not indicate how much a single individual's traits are influenced by genes. Additionally, heritability is often mistakenly interpreted as being fixed or unchangeable, when in fact it can vary depending on the environment and the population being studied.